Hen Suddenly has White Eyes

[bpoore04]

Um this is like sorta not on topic but where in the world are those chickens eyeballs in those videos?!?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Um this is like sorta not on topic but where in the world are those chickens eyeballs in those videos?!?

Underneath all that pus.

Chicken pus is usually semi-hard and has to be removed. I quickly looked through my references and didn't find a good example of recovery from respiratory disease infection, but this one that had a foxtail in their eye is pretty good - note in the first post that the pus is almost covering the eye and causing quite a bit of facial swelling. The OP was able to remove that (there's photos!) and then look at post#7 which was the next day - see the difference. Pus can cover the whole eye, it has to be removed in order to for the chicken to heal. Hope that helps.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/pulled-a-fox-tail-and-this-mass.1053341/

 

[Lifespeechy]

Update: meds still in shipping. I took her out for a bit today. She is completely blind. Her head will drift and bob, and she can't even hit the unmoving target of water in a cup for her. No interest in food that I could tell. With my help she drank a lot, though. I looked in her eyes and pressed them gently. The white is within the globe of the eye, I can see the her iris and pupil if I look deeply with the cloud. Any attempt to drain the white would require her actual eyeball could drain. Saw the 3rd eyelid, which is blinking and fine. I think oral antibiotics are probably indicated. Any recommendations?

 

[Lifespeechy]

Clairifying: it's definitely internal in appearance, not on the surface like a cataract. Within one I can see gradient of white/yellow.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Update: meds still in shipping. I took her out for a bit today. She is completely blind. Her head will drift and bob, and she can't even hit the unmoving target of water in a cup for her. No interest in food that I could tell. With my help she drank a lot, though. I looked in her eyes and pressed them gently. The white is within the globe of the eye, I can see the her iris and pupil if I look deeply with the cloud. Any attempt to drain the white would require her actual eyeball could drain. Saw the 3rd eyelid, which is blinking and fine. I think oral antibiotics are probably indicated. Any recommendations?

Clairifying: it's definitely internal in appearance, not on the surface like a cataract. Within one I can see gradient of white/yellow.

I have no idea.

Sadly, if both eyes are affected and she's completely blind, I would consider putting her down.